Traffic in Turkey

In this country, we estimate that each passenger produces approximately 1,397.97kg of CO2 annually as a result of commuting to work or school. To counterbalance this carbon emission, it would require approximately 64.22 trees per passenger to produce enough oxygen. The following formulas are used to make these estimations.

Main Means of Transportation to Work or School

Working from Home 5.44%
Walking 14.64%
Car 47.38%
Bicycle 1.48%
Motorcycle 2.27%
Bus/Trolleybus 20.87%
Tram/Streetcar 0.79%
Train/Metro 7.12%

Overall Average One-Way Commute Time and Distance to Work or School

Average Distance 18.16 km
Average Travel Time 43.71 min

Average when primarily using Walking

Distance 5.48 km
Walking 24.94 min
Waiting 2.10 min
Driving Car 1.53 min
Bicycle 0.41 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 3.04 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.35 min
Train/Metro Ride 2.15 min
Overall 35.37 min

Average when primarily using Car

Distance 22.64 km
Walking 1.25 min
Driving Car 39.32 min
Overall 40.56 min

Average when primarily using Bicycle

Distance 6.64 km
Walking 0.20 min
Bicycle 18.20 min
Overall 18.40 min

Average when primarily using Motorcycle

Distance 16.27 km
Walking 0.48 min
Motorcycle 23.57 min
Overall 24.04 min

Average when primarily using Bus/Trolleybus

Distance 17.23 km
Walking 6.97 min
Waiting 7.67 min
Driving Car 0.14 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 36.21 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.41 min
Train/Metro Ride 3.29 min
Overall 56.11 min

Average when primarily using Tram/Streetcar

Distance 11.14 km
Walking 5.25 min
Waiting 2.25 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 0.62 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 23.75 min
Overall 31.88 min

Average when primarily using Train/Metro

Distance 20.98 km
Walking 8.43 min
Waiting 6.83 min
Bus/Trolleybus Ride 3.54 min
Tram/Streetcat Ride 0.04 min
Train/Metro Ride 35.51 min
Overall 56.72 min

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Last update: 17 July 2025

These data are based on perceptions of visitors of this website in the past 5 years.

Our data for each country are based on all entries from all cities in that country.

By City in Turkey

Rank
City
Traffic Index
Time Index
(in minutes)
Time Exp. Index
Inefficiency Index
CO2 Emission Index
Istanbul 238.6 51.3 7326.5 254.4 7348.7
Izmir 163.2 39.9 1595.5 189.2 4839.9
Eskisehir 149.2 37.5 1005.0 261.1 4075.7
Ankara 146.2 36.1 724.9 146.4 5052.3
Antalya 136.1 36.2 745.6 145.9 3658.1
Bursa 127.3 33.8 406.5 105.9 3973.1
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